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Hiking Taylor Peak

After nearly 2 years of talking about spending a day in the hills, the stars aligned and Scott and Bob joined me on a hike in the mountains. Leaving from the Joffre Lakes Trailhead, Tszil Mountain was the day's objective. We started the hike at 8:40am. It took us 2 quick hours of uphill hiking to reach the upper lake. From there, we took a right and headed towards the col between Taylor and Tszil Mountains. Scott pulverized some rock into rock flour, and Bob found his inner peace. As for me, I was an excellent meal for the bloodthirsty mosquito's. After nearly 8 hours of grinding uphill, we made the col and decided to go after Taylor Peak. We didn't quite make the summit, but we did find a nice subsummit that we affectionately named. Another 4 hours back down to the car, followed up by a stop at McDonalds in Pemberton (best food I've ever sunk my teeth into), and a gatorade stop at the gas station. All in all, another excellent day in the hills.